The Community Enterprise Forum International (CEFI) is a non-profit development and
knowledge-management organisation working towards ensuring sustainable and equitable
development. Based in New Delhi, CEFI works across South Asia directly and through partnerships
with development stakeholders, including communities, governments, NGOs, international institutions
as well as private sector counterparts.

CEFI's Climate Resilience Centre (CRC) is a step towards contributing to resilience building
to climate change in South Asia. CRC will collaborate with multiple stakeholders in cities, peri
urban areas and rural regions to develop resilient communities. It will draw attention to issues that
need urgent redressal, will excavate information from knowledge labs to enhance adoption by
practitioners, entrepreneurs to climate proof their operations, reduce adverse impact on people,
premises and productivity.

Action Pledges

CEFI CRC has submitted two action pledges to the secretariat:

1. Tracking urban climate change hotspots across South Asia

Project purpose

Development of a platform to exchange research-based knowledge on climate resilient cities.
Collaboration between
research communities in the developed and developing world to enrich the availability and
accessibility of knowledge resources while enhancing the absorption of knowledge in regular
practice by the private sector; development agencies and public policy.

Develop community of practice on climate resilient cities – While urban populations
increase in South Asia, the urban
bureaucracy remains isolated from the wealth of research that should inform policy making.
Simultaneously the research
community is conducting research on various aspects of climate change impact, vulnerabilities and
adaptation which is not easily understood or used by the community of practice. Developing the
community of practice is an effort that aims to
enhance organised sharing of knowledge and evolve methods for its uptake by the practice community.

Consolidation of a methodology for developing networks and engaging stakeholders in advocating
and influencing public
policy, specifically in the “cities and climate change” domain

Publication of e-fortnightly on South Asia Climate Change (SACC) Review